# The opposite sex **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 9, 2010, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-sex/524268 "2010-01-09T10:33:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-sex/524268/81 "2010-01-11T03:46:20Z")
> [@bubba\_jr](#): > > Talking to stereotypes(I also said women don’t fart), I’ve seen it work a few times, usually blows up rather quick for both parties involved, male and female superiors, and they all end up unemployed. (laughing to myself over specific situations I’ve seen) > > One other thing women have, “daddy’s little girl” syndrome, I’d love for somebody to come over, fix my leaky faucet, mow my lawn and take away my trash, and THEN leave beer. Then again I shouldn’t complain, thats my GF, and I don’t have to pull the weeds or fix the faucet and I get to drink the leftover beer. I see. The OP said nothing about stereotypes, so I’m not sure why you’d choose to go in that direction. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-sex/524268/82 "2010-01-11T06:39:28Z")
Definitely like to be able to pee standing up. That and not getting my period. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-sex/524268/83 "2010-01-11T10:08:25Z")
> [@Surbey](#): > > Yes. I know this is anecdotal evidence but I have NEVER seen a woman/woman best friendship work. Men are always competing against themselves. Women are always competing against each other. It is possible but I’ve never seen it. That’s really odd. I know tons of successful female-female best friendships. If that sentence makes sense. 😃 > [@Sanity\_Challenged](#): > > I envy the massive advantage women have in legal child custody issues. Depends where you are. In the UK the perception is that women have an advantage, but the reality is different. Women are more likely to get sole custody, but they’re also far more likely to apply for it; when there’s a dispute, custody is more likely to be awarded to the main caregiver, and that’s more likely to be the woman. If a man applies for sole custody or has been the main caregiver, then he has an advantage over a woman in the same situation, because people are way more judgmental of a woman who delegates care of her children than of a man who does the same. ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-sex/524268/84 "2010-01-11T10:46:46Z")
As a gay woman, the only thing I’m genuinely jealous of is the ability to make your girlfriend/wife pregnant. I don’t even want children, but occasionally, at the height of passion, I wonder how amazing it must be for sex to result in a shared-gene baby. Oh, and the guys who want breasts? Really, it’s not the same if they’re attached. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-sex/524268/85 "2010-01-11T15:02:16Z")
These days, in my experience, when I go to the car dealership, at least the big name brands go out of their way to make me feel comfortable as a woman. I find they realize more and more women take their own cars in nowadays, so they are careful to be very polite and explain it all. But I too, would like to be able to pee standing up once in a while. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-sex/524268/86 "2010-01-11T15:20:32Z")
> [@SanVito](#): > > As a gay woman, the only thing I’m genuinely jealous of is the ability to make your girlfriend/wife pregnant. I don’t even want children, but occasionally, at the height of passion, I wonder how amazing it must be for sex to result in a shared-gene baby. > > Oh, and the guys who want breasts? Really, it’s not the same if they’re attached. I totally agree with both. It would be nice to not have to go down the expensive and difficult AI route. Of course, the upside is no need for contraception. ---
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-sex/524268/87 "2010-01-11T15:44:19Z")
I’m I guy and I’d like to be able to go into a car dealer and not be treated like shit too. Women get it worse, I’m sure, but still … Call me shallow but I wouldn’t mind having boobs within easy reach at all times. Of course it wouldn’t be the same if they are attached - nobody said my obsession was rational. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-sex/524268/88 "2010-01-11T16:10:44Z")
Sheer manly strength. It must be wonderful to go through life with the strength of Hercules. Being taller would also be cooler. Physical size for intimidation would be wicked cool, not that I’d use it, but it’d be nice to have. (Says the 100lb stick woman!) But mostly I would love to have that part of the male brain that makes them able to identify the make and model of every car they see. How do they do that? God help me if I ever witness an accident, “Well, officer, it was grey, no silver and sort of boxy!” Whipping it out to take a pee would be cool too! ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-sex/524268/89 "2010-01-11T16:10:50Z")
> [@Balthisar](#): > > The ability (if not hideously ugly) to procure sex at virtually any time and with virtually any one would be kind of cool. I wanted to answer this. I am by no means hideously ugly\*, and I can’t get sex with anybody I want. I mean, I want to have sex with Jude Law\*\*, but I can’t exactly do that, and probably couldn’t have sex with someone of his equivalant good looks either. \*At least I don’t think so, and neither do the people I love. \*\*No, actually I wouldn’t - he seems incredibly fertile, and while he’s hot, I don’t want to get pregnant. I did think of another reason to be male - the idea of penetration. No matter what accoutrements I use I can not have the feeling of being in someone like a man can. And I think that’s…fascinating. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-sex/524268/90 "2010-01-11T16:12:25Z")
> [@Surbey](#): > > Yes. I know this is anecdotal evidence but I have NEVER seen a woman/woman best friendship work. Men are always competing against themselves. Women are always competing against each other. It is possible but I’ve never seen it. So wait- those Hallmark and shoe store commercials are wrong? I’d like the cloting options that women have. I get so tired of the same choice every morning- which pair of pants should I wear, and which shirt goes with it? Dresses, skirts and blouses give so many more sartorial options, not to mention the ability to change one’s hairstyle frequently- up, down, pulled back tight, barettes, hair bands, ponytails, etc. The possibilities are endless. Then there are undergarments- matching bra & panties, separates, camisoles, push-up bras, demis, thongs, full seat, boyshorts, slips, stockings, thigh-highs, garters, tights, sexy lingerie… Chicks have it made in the clothing department. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-sex/524268/91 "2010-01-11T16:39:37Z")
Minutes long, scream your head off wracking trembling panting crying almost dying orgasms. I’ve always felt gypped about that one. [QUOTE=elfkin477] And I’ve never seen a guy really struggle with opening a jar. [/QUOTE] I can send you a picture, if you like. Then again, I’ve handed back my man card ages ago 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-sex/524268/92 "2010-01-11T16:49:31Z")
Men without certain medical problems have bodies that never, ever secrete smelly stain-causing fluids without their conscious knowledge. It’d be nice to have a body like that. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-sex/524268/93 "2010-01-11T17:12:27Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > Sheer manly strength. It must be wonderful to go through life with the strength of Hercules. > > Being taller would also be cooler. Physical size for intimidation would be wicked cool, not that I’d use it, but it’d be nice to have. (Says the 100lb stick woman!) > > But mostly I would love to have that part of the male brain that makes them able to identify the make and model of every car they see. How do they do that? God help me if I ever witness an accident, “Well, officer, it was grey, no silver and sort of boxy!” > > Whipping it out to take a pee would be cool too! I’m a man and I don’t have any of the qualities you desire. (Well, except for being able to whip it out to take a pee.) I wouldn’t mind having the first two of those myself; I don’t understand the attraction of being able to identify cars on sight, but to each his own. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-sex/524268/94 "2010-01-11T17:36:44Z")
I sort of figured it was understood that these were wild generalizations, in regards to the other sex. I recognize that not all men are, burly, strong, intimidating, gear heads. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-sex/524268/95 "2010-01-11T18:02:26Z")
> [@Sattua](#): > > Men without certain medical problems have bodies that never, ever secrete smelly stain-causing fluids without their conscious knowledge. Technically, this is incorrect—especially if you emphasize the “unconscious” qualifier. However, it _is_ a much more manageable, and comparatively rarer problem, usually more conveniently timed, and admittedly is usually considered a mere “side effect” of a phenomena _not_ considered a problem in and of itself. In any case, you have my sincere sympathies, and a most polite request not to have my skull bashed in jealous rage. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-sex/524268/96 "2010-01-11T18:52:37Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > Chicks have it made in the clothing department. Clearly you have never been shopping with a woman and had to offer your opinion on which of a dozen identical articles of clothing “looked cute” and which ones “made her ass look fat”. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-sex/524268/97 "2010-01-11T18:55:40Z")
> [@](#): > > Clearly you have never been shopping with a woman and had to offer your opinion on which of a dozen identical articles of clothing “looked cute” and _which ones “made her ass look fat”_. None of them, if you know what’s good for you. Tell her which ones make her look slimmer. Accentuate the positive. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-sex/524268/98 "2010-01-11T21:22:01Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > Clearly you have never been shopping with a woman and had to offer your opinion on which of a dozen identical articles of clothing “looked cute” and which ones “made her ass look fat”. Here’s my strategy : wear only faded metal bands’ T-shirts you’ve owned since you were 15, non-descript jeans, sweaters you grandma knitted for you and own only one pair of shoes (combat boots if at all possible). I assure you, your fashion input will \*never \*be required. ---
**Author:** ![panaccione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@panaccione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panaccione)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-sex/524268/99 "2010-07-01T04:21:21Z")
I’d like to go to a bar, movie, restraunt, etc… And have someone pay for it. ---
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-sex/524268/100 "2010-07-01T06:14:55Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > [Women have greater social intelligence](http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=buy.optionToBuy&id=1928-03750-001&CFID=5337535&CFTOKEN=18699528). Wow, do we even need a cite for that one? I currently choose that ability for which to be jealous. I finally realized there was an emotional intelligence that many, many men were lacking. I could tell you idiot/insensitive/entitled/arrogant stories… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-sex/524268.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-sex/524268.md?page=6)